Editorials

County Must AccountFor $2.5 Million Opioid Grant

    Only our state government would be foolish enough to hand over $500,000 to Rio Arriba County Health Department Director Lauren Reichelt without an...

Española School BoardInsults Us All Again

    Española School Board’s hiring of Eric Martinez as the District’s next superintendent was a slap in the face of every taxpayer, parent, voter...

Advocate, Champion Will Be Missed

Commentary by Robert Trapp     The Espanola Valley lost a great advocate and champion in Elberta Honstein when she died May 19.     Elberta was a...

Website Management More Wasted School Money

    How does one (or a team) manage a website specifically? Website management is a vague phrase.     Wolfman Brothers, an Albuquerque-based website design company,...

Institute Has Right IdeaFor Public Web Sites

    The city of Española took a hit in the website survey conducted last year by the New Mexico Foundation for Open Government. City...

Police Car Tinting Sounds Pretty Shady

    When Española Police Chief Richard Gallegos and his then deputy chief Miguel Maez came before the city safety committee to request a tougher...

Suing Ourselves

    Talk about your double whammy, more accurately suing yourself and paying both lawyers.     The federal government is suing the city of Española on...

A Transparency LessonFrom Nashville

    Nashville Public Schools has the right idea. They’re living transparency, not giving lip service, trying to convince the public they’ll do it some...

Court Closure Risky

    The sixth amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public...

New Northern PresidentBegins Journey

    We’re going to go out on a limb and assume the Northern New Mexico College Board of Regents made a great decision in...

Looking for AnswersIn Solution Journalism

    The Rio Grande SUN has joined several other media organizations to undertake a project focused on solutions to problems in the readership area....

City Authority MustGo After Scofflaws

    It’s been clear for a long time the members of the North Central Solid Waste Authority don’t play well together. The Board’s maverick...

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